Embalmer&#39;s chin-rest.



E. A. BRADY.

EMBALMERS CHIN REST.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 19-19.

' 1,299,670. Patented Apr. 8,-1919.

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ATTORNEYS EDWARD ALOYSIUS BRADY, OF OREGON CITY, OREGON.

EMBALMERS CHIN-REST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed June 10,1918. Serial No. 239,218.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. BRADY,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oregon City, in the county of Glackamas and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embalmers Chin-Rests, of which the following is a specification. My invention is an improvement in embalmers chin rests, and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified, which will close and hold closed the mouth of the subject, and which when in use will not be unsightly nor harrowing to the feelings of the relatives.

In the drawings Figure l is a side view showing the improvement in use,

gig. 2 is a view of the parts in section, an

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section.

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a bar 1 of suitable material, as for instance hard rubber, having in its upper surface a series of cylindrical recesses 2, the said recesses having a depth of more than half the thickness of the bar. A base 3 is connected with the bar on the underside thereof and at the center, this base being adapted to rest upon the chest of the subject in the manner shown in Fig. l at the space between the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscles. A pin 4 depends from the underside of the base near one end, and this pin is adapted to engage back of the sternum to anchor the base in place.

A staff or standard is provided for connection with the bar, each staff or standard consisting of a tubular internally threaded outer section 5 and an internal section 6 which screws into the outer section. This internal section has a head 7 at its outer end which is adapted to engage beneath the chin of the subject. In use in ordinary cases, the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 2, the staff or standard which is connected with the bar, which may be inserted at any One of the recesses 2, being placed in the central recess directly above the base. The length of the staff or standard is adjusted to the proper degree to hold the chin of the subject well supported, and

after which it is placed, with the pin 4 en gaging behind the upper end of the sternum and with the head 7 beneath the chin of the wearer. The lower jaw will thus be firmly held in lifted position, until rigor mortis sets in. In cases where the chin is difficult to support or where there is a tendency to falling at the hinge, a staff or standard may be used at each end of the bar to engage the angles of the jaw. The pin 4 while preventing slipping of the device from the chest, does not bruise or break the skin,

making no unsightly marks upon the corpse.

I claim 1. A device of the character specified, comprising a bar having a series of openings in its upper side and a transverse base on its underside intermediate its ends, said base having a depending pin near one end, a staff or standard for connection with the bar, said staff or standard comprising a tubular member internally threaded and adapted to engage one of the openings, and an internal member threaded into the tubular member and having a head at its outer end for engaging beneath the chin of the wearer.

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a bar having intermediate its ends a base for engaging the chest of the subject, and a stafl or standard connected with the bar and adjustable longitudinally thereof, and comprising sections adjustable longitudinally of each other, one section being adapted for connection with the bar and the other having means for engaging the chin of the subject.

3. A device of the character specified, comprising a bar having openings in its upper surface, and staffs or standards adapted to engage the openings, one of said openings being at the center of the bar to permit a single staff or standard to be used or to permit staffs being used upon each end of the bar for supporting the point of the chin or the angles of the jaw-bone, said bar having at its approximate center a base for engaging between the sternum between the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscles and having a depending pin for engaging behind the sternum to prevent slipping of the base.

4. A device of the character specified comprising a bar adapted to rest upon the chest of a subject and having openings in bar for supporting the angles of the jaw its upper surface and stafl's or standards bone.

adapted to engage the openings, one of said 7 openings being at the center of the bar to EDWARD ALOXSIUS BRADY permit a single staff or standard to be used Witnesses:

in the said opening to support the chin, or to WM. M. STONE,

permit a stafl to be used at each end of the LYDIA Mosnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

